Ironing board cover



May 31, 1938. F. R. EDWARDS, SR

IRONING BOARD COVER Filed Oct. 27, 1936 Ema ESQ/m6;

NVENTOR WITNESS Patented May 31, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application October 27,

2 Claims.

This invention relates to ironing board covers and has for an object to provide an ironing board cover that will fit any standard size ironing board and may be reversed to be used on the other side when one side becomes soiled.

A further object is to provide an ironing board cover which is provided with a hem at one end through which a draw string is trained, there being eyelets on both sides of the cover and a single eyelet at the center of the end of the cover opposite the hem, the drawstring being laced from the hem through the side eyelets and then directed through the center eyelet and from thence through the side eyelets at the end opposite the hem and tied, this construction permitting the cover to tightly fit the small end of an iron- 7 ing board and at the same time preventing any slippage of the cover on the ironing board.

A further object is to provide an ironing board cover that will be strong and durable, may be inexpensively manufactured, and that will not easily get out of order.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, it being understood that various modifications may be resorted to within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention. 7

In the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification,

Figure 1 is a plan View of an ironing board cover constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is an underneath plan view of an ironing board and showing the cover applied thereto.

Referring now to the drawing in which like characters of reference designate similar parts in the various views, Ill designates an ironing board cover which is tapered toward one end and at the tapered end is provided with a hem II. A plurality of eyelets 12 are arranged at spaced intervals apart along the side edges of the cover and a single eyelet I3 is arranged at the center of the end of the cover opposite the hem.

A drawstring M is laced through the hem and thence through the side eyelets l2 nearest the hem as best shown in Figure 1.

To apply the cover to an ironing board I5 the end of the cover provided with the hem- II is folded over the small end of the ironing board l5, as best shown in Figure 2 to lie against the bottom face of the ironing board and thereupon the portions of the cover adjacent the hem are 1936, Serial No. 107,886

folded toward each other to lie in overlapped position upon the bottom face of the ironing board. The drawstring M is now crossed upon itself as shown at It and laced through the second pair of side eyelets l2 nearest the hem. The 5 drawstring is again crossed upon itself and laced through the next succeeding pair of side eyelets l2 and this operation is continued until next to the final pair of side eyelets i2 is reached.

The wide end of the cover is now folded to lie 10 upon the underneath face of the ironing board and. thereupon both ends of the drawstring are directed through the center eyelet l3 in the end of the cover opposite the hem and thence are directed through the single pair of eyelets l2 at 15 the wide end of the cover, and thence directed again toward the center eyelet I3 and knotted as shown at IT. 7

When the cover is applied as above described to an ironing board the cover will snugly fit the 20 small end of the ironing board and will be held against slipping since the overlapped hemmed end of the ironing board as well as the folded wide end of the ironing board are forcibly held snugly in place by the drawstring passed through the two juxtaposed pair of eyelets l2 nearest the hem and lying close to the median line of the ironing board as shown in Figure 2, and through the single center eyelet l3 which lies directly upon the median line of the ironing board.

From the above description it is thought that the construction and operation of the invention will be fully understood without further explanation.

What is claimed is:

1. An ironing board cover comprising a blank of material tapered toward one end, a hem formed on the tapered end, a drawstring trained through the hem, eyelets on both sides of the cover, a single eyelet at the center of the end of the cover opposite the hem, the drawstring being laced through the side eyelets nearest the drawstring, the cover being adapted to be folded at the hemmed end and overlapped over the small end of an ironing board, the drawstring then being adapted to be laced through the side eyelets and crossed upon itself between the side eyelets, the wide end of the cover being adapted to be folded upon the ironing board, the ends of the drawstring being then adapted to be passed through the center eyelet and thence through the eyelets at the folded wide end of the cover and thence back toward the center eyelet and knotted to secure the cover snugly in place against slipping.

2. An ironing board cover comprising a blank 7 of fabric tapered toward one end, a hem formed on thenarrow end of the cover, a drawstring trained through the hem, pairs of eyelets dis posed along the sides of the blank, the eyelets of each pair being disposed opposite each other, and

an eyelet formed at the center of the wide end' of the cover, the drawstring being adapted to be laced through the side eyelets and thence through the center eyelet, and thence looped through the eyelets at the Wide end 'of the blank and tied to secure the cover: snugly upon the ironing board. 5

FRED R. EDWARDS, SR1 i 

